Backend Software Engineer - Data Connectors

The role

You will build and maintain Foundry's connectors that link Palantir's platform to customer systems such as databases, enterprise applications, cloud storage, web services, and streaming systems. You will also build the SDKs and shared infrastructure that these connectors depend on.

What you will do

• Build and maintain Foundry's connectors, including imports, exports, change data capture, interactive queries and writeback
• Improve the infrastructure that builds, tests, packages and distributes connectors and shared libraries
• Design and maintain connectivity SDKs with clear APIs, documentation, testing utilities and development workflows
• Work with product teams to integrate connector execution with job orchestration, streaming and serverless platforms
• Lead incremental migrations onto shared infrastructure and retire older implementations
• Develop reusable security frameworks and tooling for connector development and execution
• Debug production issues and performance problems across the stack and turn them into durable fixes and automated tests
• Establish shared testing frameworks, compatibility checks and release practices
• Help prepare and maintain connectivity software for open-source use

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience developing external system connectors
• Depth in batch and streaming data ingestion systems, third-party integration development, or monorepo and asset distribution frameworks; operating on these technologies alone does not qualify
• Deep expertise in Gradle, including custom plugins, multi-project builds and build performance optimization
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex reliability and performance problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work across teams

Benefits

• Restricted Stock units
• Sign-on bonus
• Other potential future incentives
• Health and well-being programs (offerings may vary by region)

Before you apply

• You will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information during the interview process

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, used by partners to develop drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions and locate missing children. The Connectivity team builds the software that connects Palantir's platform to customer systems.